000030527 - Information on RSA Security Analytics meta key limits for text, UInt16 and IPV4 format types

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Article Number000030527
Applies To RSA Product Set: Security Analytics
RSA Product/Service Type: Concentrator
Platform: CentOS
O/S Version: EL6
 
IssueThis article contains general information on meta key restrictions for text, ipv4 and UInt16.
ResolutionIn Security Analytics, text based meta keys have a fixed limit of up to 255 characters. 
Generally speaking, the following limitations are imposed:
1. The maximum size of text based meta keys is 255 characters.  Note that meta keys, like columns in a database, may be formatted.
3. A meta key such as ip.src is formatted as IPv4, which has a maximum size of 4 bytes.  
4. A meta key such as tcp.dstport is formatted as UInt16 and has a max bytes of 2, but can accept a value from 0 – 65535.

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